On the Dirichlet problem for prescribed mean curvature equation over general domains

Abstract

We study and solve the Dirichlet problem for graphs of prescribed mean curvature in ${\mathbb{R}}^{n+1}$ over general domains $\Omega$ without requiring a mean convexity assumption. By using pieces of nodoids as barriers we first give sufficient conditions for the solvability in case of zero boundary values. Applying a result by Schulz and Williams we can then also solve the Dirichlet problem for boundary values satisfying a Lipschitz condition.